Question 39: Find the sentence with the closest meaning: I should have studied last night. However, I was too tired. 1 điểm A. I couldn't study last night because I was very tired. B. I studied last night because I was bored. C. I studied last night because I had to. D. I tried to study last study, but the homework was too hard. Question 40: Find the sentence with the closest meaning: It doesn't make any difference if it rains. They will still go. 1 điểm A. The indifference is their going in the rain. B. Whether it rains or not, they will still go. C. But for the rain, they would have gone. D. But for the rain, we would not have gone.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. Nearly 200 of the 1500 native plant species in Hawaii are at risk of going extinct in the near future because they have been (41) __ to such low numbers. Approximately 90 percent of Hawaii's plants are found nowhere else in the world but they are threatened by alien invasive species such as feral goats, pigs, rodents and (42) __ plants. The Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Group is striving to prevent the extinction of the 182 rare Hawaiian plants with fewer than 50 individuals remaining in the wild. Since 1990, (43) __ a result of their ‘Plant Extinction Prevention Program’, sixteen species have been brought into cultivation and three species have been reintroduced. Invasive weeds have been removed in key areas and fencing put up in order (44) __ protect plants in the wild. In the future the Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Program aims at collecting genetic material from the remaining plants in the wild for storage as a safety net for the future. They also aim to manage wild populations and where possible reintroduce species into _____.
Question 41: 1 điểm A. developed B. reduced C. disappeared D. increased
Question42: 1 điểm A. native B. national C. international D. non-native
Question 43: 1 điểm A. so B. due C. as D. but
Question 44: 1 điểm A. at B. to C. with D. for
Question 45: 1 điểm A. shelters B. reserves C. gardens D. halls
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer. The actual word perfume comes from the Latin “per fumus“ which means literally “by smoke”. This is because, many centuries ago, people noticed that some smoke rising from their fires smelled sweet and pungent. Until then, there was scent, of course, in flowers and even in trees, but it could not be controlled in any way. A flower that smelled sweet at dusk or after the rain, for instance, no longer did so after dark. It was only in lighting their fires that men first noticed that some woods gave off sweet smells, and that by burning them they could have scent whenever they wanted it. Women began to perfume themselves very early on, and the Egyptians used scent very lavishly. Cleopatra went to meet Anthony in a barge that was literally soaked with it! Perfumes of the time would, however, seem very strange to us today because they were extremely spicy. The first cheap scents were made in Roman times and even Nero's wife, Poppaea, went into business and invented a scented face cream which became a status symbol among rich women at the time. The great breakthrough inn perfumery came when the scientist Avicenna, who lived from 980 to 1036, discovered that the aroma from plants and flowers could be preserved by distillation - and rose water was born. It came to Europe at the time of the Crusades, when the knights brought perfumes home for their ladies to use. In the Middle Ages and the Reformation, people sprayed themselves with perfume as a substitute for hygiene, as they used baths less and less. (In 1292 there were still about 30 baths in Paris where people chose between steam or warm water, but these gradually went out of fashion.) It was during the 18th century that Paris rally began to reign as a center of elegance, luxury and fashion. The austerity of the French Revolution was just a passing phase, after which the Directoire, and then the Consulate and the Empire, rediscovered the art the perfumery and beauty. Napoleon's love of Eau de Cologne was as well known as Josephine's for heavy musk-scented perfumes. Nowadays people like exotic, rather heavy scents with oriental undertones for evenings and, for everyday use, the simpler "green" smell of citrus and single floral scents. The materials the perfumer uses have changed very little, except that synthetic essences have taken over to get ingredients. But basically, perfume making remains the same.
Question 46: The topic of the passage is _____ 1 điểm A. importance of perfume to women B. developments in perfumery C. people's preferences in perfume D. types of perfumes
Question 47: According to the first passage, which of the following statement is true? 1 điểm A. People would burn some woods to have scent at their convenience. B. Only a few flowers at the time had fragrances. C. Scents released by smoke were sweeter and more pungent than those released by flowers. D. Flowers smelled sweet only at dusk or after the rain.
Question 48: The word "lavishly" in the second paragraph is closest meaning to _____ 1 điểm A. in a moderate amount B. in an excessive amount C. in a limited amount D. in a small amount
Question 49: The word "synthetic" in the fifth paragraph is closest meaning to _____ 1 điểm A. fake B. man-made C. imitation D. false
Question 50: According to the second paragraph, which of the following statements is true? 1 điểm A. Women began to perfume themselves in Roman times. B. Perfumery was not an industry in Roman times yet. C. Ancient perfumes may not be to our liking. D. All women used scented face creams.